Kajsa van Overbeek fotografiehttp://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com
lifestyle photography, newborns, portraits, seniors, weddingsThu, 14 Sep 2017 20:31:54 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2Wedding Casablanca Stylehttp://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2015/03/wedding-casablanca-style/
http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2015/03/wedding-casablanca-style/#respondFri, 13 Mar 2015 16:57:00 +0000http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/?p=3227There’s nothing scarier than being asked to photograph a friend’s wedding, especially so if that friend is also an avid photographer, as is his wife to be.
He first inquired with me what my price would be to photograph a wedding, that of a friend of his. As I do not have a fixed price, because so much depends on the day and the couple I inquired a bit more about what the thoughts of the bride and groom were on what they might want and finally gave a rough estimate, though I hate estimates. Then sheepishly the friend admitted it was for him. I found it such a lovely touch of him to handle things that way, but first and foremost I was elated for him that he was getting married. You should now they’re a perfect match and complement each other in so many ways. Photographically speaking too. On their last photo trip to Mongolia, Mario, the friend, came back with stunning landscape shots, to which were added Veronica’s, the wife-to-be, in-your-face-wide-angle-portraits. Anyone who says wide-angle is not for portraits would consider themselves proven wrong if they took a look at those photo’s.

Nevertheless, what we had settled on was thwarted big time by fate. Not only did the paperwork not pass in time (you try jumping through all the diplomatic hoops as a foreign couple living in the Netherlands), but Mario also suffered the loss of his mother right before the wedding. In the end the wedding date was pushed back and the families who were going to be present for the civil ceremony had already headed for home again.
Mario told me there would be no need for my services after all. It would just be them and the witnesses. Tough luck. The rest would be saved for the big event to take place later in his home country.

I asked him: Are you sure? Though it might not be the event you had envisioned, this is what counts legally. Don’t you want some documentation of the event?

And so Tristan, my trusty, always up for photography fun and second shooter friend and colleague and I made our way over to city hall. We have our routine down. For the key moments he shoots long and I shoot wide so we end up with a mix of images. Nevertheless I was stressed big time. “Don’t f%^& this up van Overbeek” I kept thinking, and I might have said it out loud too.

I think we didn’t and I hope Mario and Veronica feel the same way. We sure felt privileged though, to have witnessed their union, which despite everything that had preceded was just plain FUN. I don’t think I have ever seen a civil ceremony with so much laughing, joking, jesting and humor. Not to mention such a kiss!

Trusty GoPro’s filmed the entire event from two sides, so the families would not miss the event entirely.

The attention to detail was amazing. Top to bottom! Oh, and I would kill for those nails. Just saying.

There were smiles and laughs and tears, the way there should be. Or maybe we should call them giggles as the officiant insisted on asking the “Belooft u plechtig…” question in its most elaborate form in three languages when all anyone wanted was for Mario and Veronica to get on with their yesses already. He was teasing for sure. Mario, unfazed as ever gave him a loud and clear, “Ja, Yes and Si!” as did Veronica, and that was that.

Or was it? Rings… all ok. But then came the kiss. A little warning next time Mario!

They couldn’t get enough of it I tell you:

Congratulations on your wedding guys. You make a great couple. And T., thanks for being an awesome second shooter as always.

]]>http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/06/oosterschelde-kijkduin-windkracht-10-familliefotograaf-delft-den-haag/feed/0When bikes break down | photographer Delft/ Wassenaarhttp://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/05/when-bikes-break-down-photographer-delft-wassenaar/
http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/05/when-bikes-break-down-photographer-delft-wassenaar/#respondMon, 20 May 2013 17:44:38 +0000http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/?p=3079Sometimes the best of plans don’t work out. In my case it’s more than sometimes, at least when it comes to photography.

The plan was to take some coolly lit biking shots. The car was jampacked with stuff: big flash, small flash, stands, sandbags, the works.

And then…. the bike broke down. So we picked up our friendly neighbourhood biker G. at the place he broke down and drove to a location we had not planned on with a broken bike.
By broken, we mean broken (thank heaven for cell phones by the way):

So we plowed our way across the Wassenaar beach in the wind and cold with a broken bike and only small flash, since the beach was way less accessible then the location we had planned on before.

Trying to make the most of the by now rapidly falling light, we ended up using one flash in a varistar umbrella mounted on a monopod handheld by mr. I, my assistant (and self-appointed pack mule) for the night. Triggers? The Nikon CLS. Easy peasy.

Here’s my favourite photo of the evening, G. carrying his wounded bike up the dunes:

Though he felt like doing this:

G. and I., thanks for braving the cold and the wind. Next time we’ll just go for beers, ok?

]]>http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/05/when-bikes-break-down-photographer-delft-wassenaar/feed/0Ojos asi | kinderfotograaf Delft/ Den Haaghttp://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/05/ojos-asi-kinderfotograaf-delft-den-haag/
http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/05/ojos-asi-kinderfotograaf-delft-den-haag/#respondWed, 15 May 2013 20:05:30 +0000http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/?p=3069I seem to have this Shakira song stuck in my head after having spent the evening with these two guys. Mr.’s A en D (although come to think of it, you could spell A’s name with an E too, so mabe he’s E? Confusing….).

Anyway, this pic here below is far from technically perfect, but with kids, that’s often not “feasible”. They are all over the place (I know, I have two bouncing balls myself) and won’t necessarily position themselves in the shade…. but man, have you seen those eyes?

Here’s another one. More in the shade now ;-). Anyone else digging this blue color of his fleece?

]]>http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2013/02/charmant-meneertje-f-kinderfotograaf-delft/feed/02012 is a wrap! triple expressions session | kinderfotograaf Delfthttp://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2012/12/2012-is-a-wrap-triple-expressions-session-kinderfotograaf-delft/
http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/2012/12/2012-is-a-wrap-triple-expressions-session-kinderfotograaf-delft/#respondTue, 18 Dec 2012 20:21:04 +0000http://www.vanoverbeekfotografie.com/?p=2930That’s it people…
I’m not taking on any more sessions for 2012. I will be spending the holidays with my kids, reorganizing my home and hopefully (time permitting) my studio. Mainly I think I will be cooking.

In theory these should be portraits of 3 different beautiful brown-eyed kids. Yup people, the girls are identical twins. And to make things more fun the two little ones kept alternating in front of the camera and I kept calling the wrong names. Crazy! I’m putting all responsibility for figuring out the who’s who in the final gallery with mum and dad, because I’m lost.
Live in the studio little J kept giving me little pieces of paper as a gift, so I figured paper = J. Then towards the end L did the same, I called her J, looked at mum, knew I was wrong and truly gave up.